Oregon State’s baseball team never trailed in Friday’s College World Series opener, but needed some late heroics to pull off a 4-3 win over Louisville.The Beave

The Beavers and Cardinals meet in the opening round of the College World Series Friday night at 4 p.m. in Omaha, Nebraska.

Oregon State baseball coach Mitch Canham talks after the Beavers' 4-3 win over Louisville to kick of their College World Series run in Omaha.

After losing a 3-1 lead in the top of the ninth, Oregon State walked it off with a Gavin Turley hit at the College World Series vs. Louisville.

The scramble to build a competitive schedule, grueling road trips and a team bus snafu highlighted Oregon State's road back to national title contention

With five of the eight teams in Omaha entering the NCAA College World Series with shorter than 10-to-1 odds, baseball fans are in for an unpredictable CWS.

A legitimate Cinderella story, a conference-less powerhouse and the nation's hottest team threaten to end the SEC's reign atop the sport